The year 2013 will be the year of "Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013".
The top five inspirations of the month
Favorite math item of February 2012 is the gallery of real/virtual algebraic surfaces: http://www.dm.unito.it/modelli/index.html
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The quotation of the day
Our experience hitherto justifies us in believing that nature is the realization of the simplest conceivable mathematical ideas.
(Albert Einstein)
Historical reminder
On February 23, 1861, George Ballard Mathews was born in London (England). His work was in number theory and algebra, in which he wrote works on Gauss’s theory of quadratic forms and an extensive treatment of Galois theory. Mathews died on March 19, 1922, in Liverpool (England). More information can be found here.
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